The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

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Document Generated: 2012-02-28 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). UK Statutory Instruments are not carried in their revised form on this site. The electronic version of this UK Statutory Instrument has been contributed by Westlaw and is taken from the printed publication. Read more OLD REGULATION NO NEW REGULATION NO C&U TLV SUBJECT MATTER AND DESCRIPTIONOF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES(changes mentionedin paragraphs 2–5above are not repeated in this Annex) “The Type Approval (Great Britain) Regulations” “agricultural trailed appliance” (inclusion of horticulturaland forestry implements in (b)(ii)) “overall length” “overall width” (the last two are based on the previous definitions as amended by S.I.1985/1363 but a number of out of date itemsof equipment are omitted and a simpler presentation is adopted). “recut pneumatic tyre” Referencesare included in the list in respect of the following in order to draw attentionto provisons appearing in subsequent paragraphs of the regulation— “axle” “axle weight” “braking system” “closely spaced” “first used” “resilient tyre” “trailer” “wheel” Regulation 3(6)(previously 3(4))has been extended to apply also to brake discs. Regulations 3(7) and (8) (previously 3(5) and (6)) have been modifiedso as to exclude regulation 27as well as regulation 26. 4 4 4 Application and Exemptions Previous regulations 3(10) and (11)are no longer required as their effect is secured is secured by the provisionsof the Interpretation Act. Paragraph (1) embraces the scopeof the previous Construction and Use Regulations and Track Laying VehiclesRegulations. Paragraphs 2 and 3introduce new provisions making it unnecessary to define classes of motorvehicles by date of manufacture as well as by date of first use. Such definitionsin the revoked Regulations appear in these Regulations as definitions referringsolely to date of first use, the effect of the revoked references to dateof manufacture being preserved by the new provisions. The Table reproduces the effect of previous regulations 4(2) to (13) exceptas follows— 154
Document Generated: 2012-02-28 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). UK Statutory Instruments are not carried in their revised form on this site. The electronic version of this UK Statutory Instrument has been contributed by Westlaw and is taken from the printed publication. Read more OLD REGULATION NO NEW REGULATION NO C&U TLV SUBJECT MATTER AND DESCRIPTIONOF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES(changes mentionedin paragraphs 2–5above are not repeated in this Annex) Previous paragraphs (2)and (4)have been embodied in the regulations conerned; Previous paragraph (5) is omitted becausethe scope of the Regulations generally is use of vehicles on roads and theconept of limiting certain regulations to highways and thus theoreticallyexempting from them vehicles used only on roads which are not highways inconsidered to be of no practical significance; Previous paragraph (6) is no longer required(but see paragraph 2(viii)above). The exemption for having implements in item 7 of the Table(previous regulation 4(12))is extended to cover previous regulations 80Aand 95A.Previous paragraph (13)is considered to be implicit in any reference to the drawing of a brokendownvehicle and is therefore omitted. 5 7 — Provisionsas respects Trade Descriptions Act 1968 A referenceto treating marks as evidence of compliance with a standard is added, in consequenceof regulation 6.This provision is extended to track-laying vehicles. 6 — — Compliance withCommunity Directives and ECE Regulations 7 9 5, 34 Length 8 48, 53, 57, 62, 70, 74, 79A, 80(part) 25, 30, 35 This Regulationexplains what constitutes compliance with an EC Directive or an ECE Regulation. The followingchanges are embodied— (a) items 1 and 6 in the Table, and paragraphs (4) and (5) are appliedto track-laying vehicles; (b) item 8(a)in the Table is based on maximum gross weight instead of unladen weight andthe conditions are otherwise simplified; (c) item 8(b)increases the limit for agricultural trailers to 12m; (d) the exemption for trolley vehicles inthe course of construction or delivery is omitted. Width The previouswidth limits for wheeled vehicles are extended to track-laying vehicles inplace of the lower limits for the latter, and the special lower limit forinvalid carriages is omitted. The detailed provisions of previous regulations 74(1)(b) and (c) exemptingcertain trailers 155
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